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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: SWYOR-150A09
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A sheet copper alloy unidentified object, possibly part of a Post Medieval powder flask. It is a tubular object of sub-recatangular cross-section, which has suffered post-depositional damage, but was probably originally curved, and may have been wider at the ends than in the centre. It has a thin green patina. It is 43.4mm long, 19.7mm wide and 7.5mm thick. 5.9g, containing some soil.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43.4 mm
Width: 19.7 mm
Thickness: 7.5 mm
Weight: 5.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st February 2018 - Thursday 3rd May 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 3157
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
District: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Armthorpe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE6105
Four figure Latitude: 53.53811496
Four figure longitude: -1.08105114
1:25K map: SE6105
1:10K map: SE60NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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